. -- public sector ; rents ; life satisfaction ; corruption ; judicial independence … rents. Those rents can involve higher wages, monetary and non-monetary fringe benefits (e.g. pensions and staffing), and …/or bribes. We propose a direct measure to capture the total of these rents: the difference in reported subjective well …

rents. Those rents can involve higher wages, monetary and non-monetary fringe benefits (e.g., pensions and staffing), and …/or bribes. We propose a direct measure to capture the total of these rents: the difference in reported subjective well … extent of rents in the public bureaucracy. The extent of rents is determined by differences in institutional constraints and …

rents. Those rents can involve higher wages, monetary and non-monetary fringe benefits (e.g. pensions and staffing), and …/or bribes. We propose a direct measure to capture the total of these rents: the difference in reported subjective wellbeing … extent of rents in the public bureaucracy. The extent of rents is determined by differences in institutional constraints and …

rents. Those rents can involve higher wages, monetary and non-monetary fringe benefits (e.g. pensions and staffing), and …/or bribes. We propose a direct measure to capture the total of these rents: the difference in reported subjective well … extent of rents in the public bureaucracy. The extent of rents is determined by differences in institutional constraints and …

Institutions affect bureaucrats' possibilities to acquire rents; they determine the degree of accountability and … responsiveness of officials and of political control of the bureaucracy and, thereby, the size and distribution of rents in the … public sphere. Those rents can involve higher wages, monetary and nonmonetary fringe benefits, and bribes. We propose a …

main findings are that the corruption of the political principals may induce a situation in which the bureaucracy is … bureaucracy, and that the corruption of the political regime and the level of economic development may also affect bureaucratic …

We use high-quality panel data on corruption convictions, new panels of assistant U.S. attorneys and relative public … greater prosecutor resources result in more convictions for corruption, other things equal. We find more limited, recent … previously identified correlates and causes of corruption. By explicitly determining the allocation of prosecutorial resources …